[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3984 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3984

  To amend the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 to reauthorize the 
   feral swine eradication and control pilot program, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 9, 2023

  Mr. Moore of Alabama (for himself and Ms. Crockett) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 to reauthorize the 
   feral swine eradication and control pilot program, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Feral Swine Eradication Act''.

SEC. 2. FERAL SWINE ERADICATION AND CONTROL PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Section 2408 of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 
2018 (7 U.S.C. 8351 note; Public Law 115-334) is amended--
            (1) in the section heading, by striking ``pilot'';
            (2) in subsection (a), by striking ``pilot program'' and 
        inserting ``program (referred to in this section as the 
        `program')'';
            (3) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
                striking ``pilot'';
                    (B) in each of paragraphs (1) and (2), by striking 
                ``the pilot areas'' and inserting ``eligible areas'';
                    (C) in paragraph (4), by striking ``pilot'' and 
                inserting ``eligible'';
                    (D) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as 
                paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively; and
                    (E) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:
            ``(3) after determining that feral swine have been 
        eradicated from an eligible area, require the Animal and Plant 
        Health Inspection Service and the Natural Resources 
        Conservation Service to continue monitoring such eligible area 
        for the reoccurrence of feral swine for a period of 1 year;'';
            (4) in each of subsections (c), (e), (f), and (g), by 
        striking ``pilot program'' each place it appears and inserting 
        ``program'';
            (5) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
                striking ``The Secretary'' and inserting ``In carrying 
                out subsection (b)(5), the Secretary''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (1), by striking ``the pilot 
                areas'' and inserting ``eligible areas'';
            (6) by amending subsection (e) to read as follows:
    ``(e) Eligible Areas.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall carry out the 
        program in eligible areas.
            ``(2) Eligible area defined.--In this section, the term 
        `eligible area' means an area of a State in which feral swine 
        have been identified as a threat to agriculture, native 
        ecosystems, or human or animal health, as determined by the 
        Secretary.'';
            (7) in subsection (g)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``2019 through 
                2023'' and inserting ``2024 through 2028'';
                    (B) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ``50 percent'' 
                and inserting ``40 percent''; and
                    (C) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ``50 percent'' 
                and inserting ``60 percent''; and
            (8) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(h) Report.--
            ``(1) Data compilation.--Not later than 2 years after the 
        date of enactment of this subsection, the Administrator of the 
        Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service and the Chief of the 
        Natural Resources Conservation Service, acting jointly shall 
        compile the necessary information to submit a report under 
        paragraph (2).
            ``(2) Report.--Not later than 4.5 years after the date of 
        enactment of this subsection, the Administrator of the Animal 
        and Plant Health Inspection Service and the Chief of the 
        Natural Resources Conservation Service, acting jointly, shall 
        submit to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry 
        of the Senate and the Committee on Agriculture of the House of 
        Representatives and make publicly available on the website of 
        the Department of Agriculture a report that--
                    ``(A) describes, for the period beginning on the 
                date of the establishment of the program and ending on 
                the date of the submission of the report--
                            ``(i) activities carried out under the 
                        program, including--
                                    ``(I) the number of counties in 
                                which feral swine are no longer 
                                present; and
                                    ``(II) estimated reductions in 
                                agriculture and natural resource 
                                damage, and improvements to human and 
                                livestock health and safety, as a 
                                result of feral swine removal;
                            ``(ii) the use of funding made available 
                        under this section, including the number of 
                        counties in each State provided funding; and
                            ``(iii) the roles of the Animal and Plant 
                        Health Inspection Service and the Natural 
                        Resources Conservation Service and agricultural 
                        producers provided financial assistance under 
                        this section in carrying out activities under 
                        the program; and
                    ``(B) includes--
                            ``(i) a determination by the Administrator 
                        of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection 
                        Service and the Chief of the Natural Resources 
                        Conservation Service as to the extent to which 
                        the program has been successful; and
                            ``(ii) any recommendations for improvements 
                        to the program.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--The table of contents for the 
Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-334; 132 Stat. 
4491) is amended by striking the item relating to section 2408 and 
inserting the following:

``Sec. 2408. Feral swine eradication and control program.''.
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